I'm really surprised that the Blues have not yet signed him. Unless I missed something, he's their best player...and they currently have $7.6m in space.

Is he asking for something insane (I can't imagine he'd want more than Doughty $) ... or are they just trying to hardball him?

If he wants to make the Olympic team, he can't very well hold out for a couple of months...but do the Blues really want it to turn ugly?

Anyone heard anything about an offer sheet...I read a month or so ago that his priority was to re-sign, rather than pursue offer sheets. I did a cursory review on capgeek and it looks like, in the central, the Avs have enough room. In the Pacific, the Flames do. Everyone else is pretty tight.

Too bad the Hawks don't!

What's it going to take to get him signed? I'm really surprised that it's dragged on this long. I would have thought the Blues would have wanted him locked up.

Second contracts for players like Pietrangelo are tricky. Drew Doughty didn't sign until the waning days of the preseason a couple years ago. It's still early August, so it's not like he's missing any time yet.

Offer sheets at this point seem unlikely. Most teams don't have the cap space to even tender one (assuming Pietrangelo would even sign). St. Louis would more than likely match anything anyways.

He wants 7 million 5 years or more they st louis wants 6 million and shorter. If look up nhl rumors on google is a few sites which will keep you updated on this and other things stepan etc...

I think is zero chance doesnt happen they are just taking their time. Work it out for best for both etc..

"5 years or more" is a tricky period, though. 5 years takes him to UFA (w/o any UFA years included). I can see why the Blues wouldn't be interested in simply buying out his remaining RFA years at 7 aav. But if Pietrangelo is willing to cough up UFA years (if they signed him for 8, they'd get 3 UFA years), then I don't see why the Blues wouldn't grab it.

Unless I've missed something, he's a fantastic player who is also very consistent and doesn't seem like the type who would suddenly go on a down swing.

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Originally Posted by Brodeur

Second contracts for players like Pietrangelo are tricky. Drew Doughty didn't sign until the waning days of the preseason a couple years ago. It's still early August, so it's not like he's missing any time yet.

Offer sheets at this point seem unlikely. Most teams don't have the cap space to even tender one (assuming Pietrangelo would even sign). St. Louis would more than likely match anything anyways.

I had the same thought...until I noticed the space the Avs had and thought that they could do a predatory offer sheet now they're in the same division as the Blues...knowing the Blues would match and they could suck up a bunch of cap space.

Blues are in a tough spot. They have very little cap room left and the problem is Pietrangelo's play kind of regressed this year (I understand it being a short season and all) and the Blues want him to show them he can play like he did 11/12.

I agree with the Blues on this but he's going to be a very good player for a long time. Norris candidate year in and year out.'

So, if the Blues can't sign him to their desired $6 million long term range then it will be one year of $6 million then he'll put up 65 points and the Blues won't be able to sign him to an eight year deal at $8 million per.

Blues need to bite the bullet or it's going to cost them a lot more or they will lose him all together.

I think if something get's done long term it will be 6-8 years at $6.75 million per year which is fair for both sides.

If the Blues would match anything, why don't they just give him what he wants?

If you had 1 million dollars and your dream home potentially cost you 999,999 dollars but you could try to negotiate with the realtor to $750,000 so that you could still afford other things, would you still buy it immediately at $999,999?

2025...Pietrangelo, Subban, Tavares, and Stamkos all decide to play their 'retirement year' with the Leafs. Unfortunately, given their contract demands, they're the only players the Leafs can afford to pay that year...so the team puts up the worst record in the history of the NHL...but the fans, no strangers to watching a 'losing team', a just excited that high profile guys from the GTA agreed to sign with the team and come out in droves to watch them...even though, having only iced 4 players, the Leafs fail to win a single game all year...amazingly, Stamkos scores 80 goals...even though at times he's, literally, the only Leaf on the ice.